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  <title><![CDATA[Sleep Apnea May Increase Cancer Death Risk]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sleep apnea is already linked to a host of health problems, but according to new research, it can also raise your risk of dying from cancer. Cancer patients with sleep apnea have a higher risk of dying from their cancer than those without sleep apnea, researchers said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:39:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tasers Can Kill, Says American Heart Association [STUDY]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Roughly 16,000 police agencies around the world use Tasers, the electroshock weapons that send electrical currents to disrupt voluntary control over one&#039;s muscles, but law enforcement officers only prefer Tasers because they can subdue unruly people in a non-lethal, non-violent way.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:48:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Stevia: Miracle Sweetener May Have A Sour Note]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The meteoric rise of a natural, healthy alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - might just be a little too good to be true. In two years stevia, a plant used for centuries by Paraguay&#039;s Guarani Indians, has shot to prominence in products by Coca-Cola, Danone and Merisant.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:29:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Caesarean Births: 'Too Posh to Push' Could Lead to Fatter Children]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Study finds link between Caesarean sections and risk of childhood obestity.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 05:12:14 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Calcium Supplements Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack by 86%]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Study concludes supplements should be taken &#039;with caution&#039; and boosting calcium offers no significant health benefit.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 04:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Muscle]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344463/20120523/scientists-skin-cells-beating-heart-muscle-study.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:41:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Have Israeli Scientists Discovered the Secret of Eternal Youth?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Israeli scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute in Haifa have succeeded in turning skin cells from elderly heart failure patients into healthy heart muscle cells of a new born baby.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344291/20120523/heat-skin-stem-cells-failure-first-time.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 03:39:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[London Olympics: Is Drug Use Cheating? Professor Sam Shuster Claims Ban is 'Unjustifiable']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Professor Sam Shuster of the University of Newcastle claims in BMJ there is &quot;no acceptable proof&quot; that drugs improve performance.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 03:30:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pumping Iron, Bulging Veins: A Workout Mystery Explained]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[After a hard workout, you might notice that your veins seem to bulge out of your skin. It&#039;s not because the veins are more swollen with blood -- the answer actually lies elsewhere in your blood vessels.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:55:25 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blind Mice Can See (Better) After Scientists Regrow Nerves]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A new paper describes how scientists coaxed nerve cells in blinded mice to regenerate and grow into the brain, restoring some visual function.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:32:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[What Are Brain Tapeworms? Find Out How They Are Causing Cysts And Eating Holes In Human Brains]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In a recent study, researchers found that 20-foot-long tapeworms could be eating holes in your brain without you even knowing. Brain tapeworms, a parasitic infection of the nervous system, can leave their victims paralyzed, epileptic, or worse, according to Theodore Nash, a doctor at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:08:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aimee Copeland: Georgia Woman With Flesh Eating Bacteria Disease In "Critical" Condition]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Aimee Copeland, a Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said. She may need to amputate her hands and foot, after surgeons already amputated the 24-year-old&#039;s left leg at the hip.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hope For Alzheimer’s Cure, But Researchers Still Have ‘Many Rivers To Cross’]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A new $100 million drug trial aimed at preventing early-onset Alzheimer&#039;s is at the forefront of efforts to treat and cure this disease, which is expected to weigh heavily on the U.S. as Baby Boomers grow older.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:28:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Agilent Shares Gain After Dako Acquisition]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), the No. 1 U.S. instrument maker, surged on Thursday after the company announced it’s biggest acquisition, the $2.2 billion takeover of Denmark’s Dako.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:42 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cloud Applications: IBM Sets New Products, Services For Enterprises]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) announced a series of initiatives for cloud, or Internet-based computing, to lower costs as well as lure more customers.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342197/20120517/ibm-cloud-computing-software-sap-hp.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:05:53 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Insecticide Resistance Threatens Malaria Fight]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:29:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fat Tax of 20% Needed to Improve Population Health]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[BMJ experts claim levy on unhealthy food and drinks should be combined with subsidies on fruit and vegetables.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:02:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Quadriplegic Man Regains Some Use Of Hands After Doctors ‘Rewire’ His Nerves]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Surgeons have &quot;rewired&quot; a 71-year-old paralyzed man using a technique called nerve transfer, helping him regain some use of his hands.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341453/20120515/quadriplegic-rewired-nerve-transfer-paralyzed.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:09:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sleepwalkin' USA: Study Finds One-Third Of Americans Probably Night Wanderers]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sleepwalking has been understudied and probably undertreated, a Stanford University sleep researcher says.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:13:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Disease: US Launches Ambitious Plan With Research Push]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. government launched an ambitious push to develop new treatments for Alzheimer&#039;s on Tuesday with a first prevention study of high-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown promise in earlier studies.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:44:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Marijuana May Ease Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms [STUDY]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are not just blowing smoke. The study, published Monday, found that for 30 MS patients with muscle &quot;spasticity,&quot; a few days of marijuana smoking brought some relief.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:42:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Puff, Puff, Bend: Cannabis Helps Relieve Muscle Tightness In MS Patients]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Smoking marijuana helped relieve some multiple sclerosis symptoms in a small trial of 30 patients, a team of University of California-San Diego researchers reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340892/20120514/cannabis-multiple-sclerosis-spasticity-medical-marijuana.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340892/20120514/cannabis-multiple-sclerosis-spasticity-medical-marijuana.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:12:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ex-Yahoo CEO’s Cancer Diagnosis Led To Quit Decision]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Scott Thompson quit in part because of a recent diagnosis of thyroid cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340839/20120514/yahoo-cancer-thyroid-thompson-ceo-grove-bartz.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340839/20120514/yahoo-cancer-thyroid-thompson-ceo-grove-bartz.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:33:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Birth Defects Linked To Childhood Cancer [STUDY]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year of life.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340067/20120511/birth-defects-linked-childhood-cancer-study.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340067/20120511/birth-defects-linked-childhood-cancer-study.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:32:41 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ice Bra Unveiled in Japan to Combat Power Shortages]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Triumph launches novelty ice bra in Japan to raise awareness of energy issues.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339627/20120510/japanese-ice-bra-goes-sale-combat-power.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:50:10 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Stroke Death Risks Indicated by Simple Drawing Test, Says Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Swedish Uppsala University Study published in BMJ Open finds link between drawing test and stroke survival.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339415/20120510/stroke-fatal-bmj-drawing-test-uppsala.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Human Genome Sciences]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline Plc  (NYSE: GSK) will begin a $2.6 billion hostile takeover bid for Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI), the company announced Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bipolar Disorder Symptoms May Begin in Teen Years [STUDY]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The number of teenagers who have experienced mania -- a hallmark of bipolar disorder -- is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, according to a new study.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA['Breakthrough Drugs': FDA May Speed Approval Process]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Experimental drugs that show a big effect early in development for treating serious or life-threatening diseases would get a faster and cheaper path to U.S. approval, under a proposal likely to become law this year. U.S.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:44:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[OTC Herbal Supplement Rutin Blocks Blood Clot Formation: Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rutin -- a compound  that occurs naturally in a number of fruits and vegetables and is sold as an herbal supplement -- has a number of anti-clotting properties, meaning that it holds promise as a treatment for conditions like stroke and pulmonary embolism caused by dangerous blood clots.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[South Korea: Powdered Baby Foetus Flesh Pills Believed to 'Cure Cancer']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Over 17,000 pills filled with powdered made of dead human foetuses have been seized by customs officers in South Korea since August, according to officials.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338407/20120508/pills-containing-powdered-human-flesh-seized-south.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338407/20120508/pills-containing-powdered-human-flesh-seized-south.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 06:07:12 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China Investigating Human Flesh Capsules Being Smuggled Into South Korea]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[South Korean customs officials are cracking down on capsules reportedly filled with powdered human flesh from dead infants, aborted fetuses and placental remains that are being smuggled in from China.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338199/20120507/china-south-korea-human-flesh-baby-fetus.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[New Male Birth Control Procedure Is 100 Percent Effective, Completely Reversible [STUDY]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A promising new birth control treatment -- for men, not women -- looks to be the future of contraception. It&#039;s safe, relatively uninvasive, 100 percent effective, and completely reversible. The procedure is called &quot;Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance,&quot; or RISUG.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[South Korea Seizes Smuggled Drug Capsules Filled With Babies' Flesh (Report)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Thousands of smuggled drug capsules containing human flesh powder have been seized by the South Korean customs department, Monday, Associated Press reported.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338007/20120507/south-korea-seized-smuggled-drug-capsules-filled.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:13:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Khloe Kardashian Weight Loss: How She Lost 20lbs In 20 Days; Slimmer Starlet Poses In Bikini For Magazine Cover Shoot (PHOTOS)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Khole Kardashian Weight Loss: How She Lost 20lbs in 20 Days; Slimmer Starlet Pose in Bikini for Magazine Cover Shoot (PHOTOS)]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 07:18:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Meat Leaving A Bad Taste In Your Nose? Scientists Find Genetic Explanation For "Boar Taint" Sensitivity]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pork that comes from uncastrated male pigs is sometimes marred by an odor -- at least for people with two copies of a gene called OR7D4.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:20:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Disease Trigger Mimics Mad Cow Infectious Agent: Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[&quot;Our findings open the possibility that some of the sporadic Alzheimer&#039;s cases may arise from an infectious process.&quot;]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336322/20120502/alzheimer-s-trigger-cause-mad-cow-prion.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic: Dementia Risk Reduced by Exercise and Computers]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers link mental and physical exercise to beating dementia against background of ageing population.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336023/20120502/exercise-computer-reduce-dementia-alzheimers-risk.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336023/20120502/exercise-computer-reduce-dementia-alzheimers-risk.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 05:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hearing Disability Linked To Poor Touch Sensitivity]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Touch and hearing are very distinct, but German scientists have found a possible genetic link between the two sensory systems.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335819/20120501/hearing-disability-usher-syndrome-touch-sensitivity-genetic.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:46:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Double-Drug Diabetes Treatment Disappoints In Kids [STUDY]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In a large new trial looking at ways to slow the progression of type 2 diabetes in children and teens, the addition of a second drug to the mainstay treatment metformin was only marginally more effective at controlling blood sugar than metformin alone.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335622/20120501/double-drug-diabetes-treatment-disappoints-kids-study.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335622/20120501/double-drug-diabetes-treatment-disappoints-kids-study.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:36:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Strengthening Silk Bone Grafts: Scientists Work To Harness World’s Strongest Natural Fiber]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Engineered bone grafts that use ceramic, glass or even metal to provide a scaffold for new bone cells to grow are thought to be a promising alternative to natural bone. Some researchers are looking to a more unexpected source of material for bone grafts - the larva of Bombyx mori, also known as the the domesticated silkworm.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335241/20120430/silk-bone-grafts-world-s-strongest-natural.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:24:04 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Stendra, Potential Viagra Alternative, Gets FDA Approval]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Stendra, the first new drug to enter the erectile dysfunction market in nearly a decade, aims to become the new Viagra alternative after receiving approval from the Food and Drug Administration.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335219/20120430/stendra-erectile-dysfunction-viagra-alternative-fda-approval.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335219/20120430/stendra-erectile-dysfunction-viagra-alternative-fda-approval.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:28:14 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dmitry Itskov to Make Film Sensation Avatar a Reality]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Russian media mogul launches project in which the human brain is transported into robots, other bodies and even holograms.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335139/20120430/dmitry-itskov-make-film-sensation-avatar-reality.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335139/20120430/dmitry-itskov-make-film-sensation-avatar-reality.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:43:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Drug Trials Neglect Children: New Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Drug trials tend to ignore child patients who account for a larger proportion of overall disease burden and instead focus on adults, according to new research presented Saturday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334603/20120428/child-pediatric-drug-trial-discrepancy.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334603/20120428/child-pediatric-drug-trial-discrepancy.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:32:53 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Farmers, Scientists Protest USDA Approval Of Dow's 'Agent Orange Corn']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Consumer, producer, and environmental groups are concerned that Dow AgroSciences appears to be on the cusp of winning U.S. regulatory approval for genetically engineered corn -- a move that could potentially have devastating consequences by encouraging the increased use of the herbicide 2,4-D.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334483/20120427/farmers-scientists-protest-2-4-d-herbicide.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334483/20120427/farmers-scientists-protest-2-4-d-herbicide.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:35:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Headache after Ice Cream Indulgence? Scientists Explain 'Brain Freeze']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[When a person gets a sudden headache after indulging in cold desserts, such as ice cream, everyone would say it is only “brain freeze” and it will soon pass. Now Harvard scientists have looked deeper and found an explanation, Daily Mail reported.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333946/20120426/brain-freeze-headache-study-ice-cream-cold.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:30:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Reprogram Cells To Heal Broken Hearts]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In new animal studies, scientists have succeeded in transforming scar tissue in the heart into muscle cells without the use of stem cells or surgery, raising hopes for better recovery in heart disease patients.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333902/20120426/heart-attack-cell-reprogram-scar-tissue-stem.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333902/20120426/heart-attack-cell-reprogram-scar-tissue-stem.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:41:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mad Cow Disease Discovery: Lucky Break, Or Triumph Of Science?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The discovery this week of the fourth U.S. case of mad cow disease was one of two things for food safety experts: a validation of a decade-long focused surveillance regime or a lucky break that highlights the need to revisit previously scrapped efforts for more comprehensive surveillance.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333705/20120426/mad-cow-disease-discovery-lucky-triumph-science.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333705/20120426/mad-cow-disease-discovery-lucky-triumph-science.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:32:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Colombian 'Turtle Boy' Didier Montalvo Says Goodbye to Horror Skin Condition]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[British plastic surgeon Neil Bulstrode celebrates successful operation to remove rare skin condition that ruined life of little boy.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333617/20120426/turtle-boy-didier-montalvo-6-born-giant.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333617/20120426/turtle-boy-didier-montalvo-6-born-giant.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:30:53 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Female Orgasm G-Spot Finally Found...on 83-year-old Corpse]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Gynaecologists discover a tiny sac inside the corpse of an 83-year-old woman that could be the famed G-Spot]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333054/20120425/orgasms-here-come-female-g-spot-finally.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333054/20120425/orgasms-here-come-female-g-spot-finally.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:41:12 EDT</pubDate>
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